One of Trump’s Potential SCOTUS Nominees Sent a Tweet He Probably Really Regrets
Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Only one person on President Trump’s short list to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is on record with his support for a “constitutional right to marry bacon.” I could support recognizing a constitutional right to marry bacon.…
Has the Liberal Mainstream Suddenly Shifted Left?
G. Ronald Lopez via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last night I ran across a post by Corey Robin about a sudden shift in liberal political views: In the wake of the primary victory of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, there’s been a dramatic shift in mainstream liberal opinion—in the media, on…
Republicans Don’t Really Want to Fix Illegal Immigration
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. David Drucker asks and answers his own question about Donald Trump’s lack of energy on immigration reform: It’s one of the more curious aspects of this administration that Donald Trump—perhaps the most hardline anti-immigration voice in a generation—hasn’t actually been more active in pushing for…
Climate Change Is Making It Harder to Revive Damaged Land
Will Seberger/ZUMAPRESS.com Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by High Country News and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Carianne Campbell remembers the exact moment she fell in love with the Sonoran Desert. As a botany major in college, she joined a class field trip to Organ…
California’s Vineyard Workers Already Faced Long Hours, Low Pay, and Harsh Conditions. Then Came Trump’s Immigration Crackdown.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It’s Sunday night of Labor Day weekend, but any barbecues died down hours ago, and the rural back roads of this southern Napa County neighborhood are a dark and silent maze. Around midnight, the lights of the Robert Sinskey Vineyards’ shop blink on. In the center…
A Lawyer Met With 11 Separated Parents in One Day. What She Heard Is Terrifying.
Immigration attorney Ruby L. Powers standing at the entrance to the Port Isabel detention center where hundreds of separated parents are being held.Mark Helenowski/Mother Jones Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Ruby L. Powers’ most recent journey to the Port Isabel detention center in Los Fresnos, Texas, began with an early-morning flight…